New TV commercial "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T" released to promote the 72nd Tokyo Derby (JpnI)! Race tagline: "Once in a lifetime. Don't miss the dirt derby."

Tokyo City Keiba 2026 Tokyo Derby CM "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T"篇 to be released on May 14! The song used is a new version of Mika Nakajima's "TWINKLE TWINKLE DIRT STAR" with completely new lyrics!

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Tokyo City Keiba (TCK) will release a new commercial, "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T," featuring TCK's image character, Ryusei Yokohama, for the second race of the "3-Year-Old Dirt Triple Crown," the "72nd Tokyo Derby (JpnI)," to be held on Wednesday, June 10. The commercial will be available on the official website from Thursday, May 14, and will begin airing on terrestrial television and other media from Sunday, May 24.

Born as Japan's first night horse racing, "Twinkle Race." This year, which marks its memorable 40th anniversary, the communication theme is "Let Twinkle Race Illuminate Japan! STAR☆T!". To bring even more sparkle to many horse racing fans. To bring a new sparkle to those new to horse racing. By encountering dirt racing at TCK, we want to make people's lives shine even brighter. We want to be that kind of place. Throughout the year, we will communicate the various charms of TCK's races with our image character, Ryusei Yokohama.

Under the slogan "Let Twinkle Race Illuminate Japan.," we will communicate this desire as a "new sparkle" with our image character, Ryusei Yokohama. The visible sparkle of glittering illuminations. The invisible sparkle of the excitement heading to a race. Various sparkles resonate and create new experiences. By encountering dirt racing at TCK, we want to make people's lives shine even brighter. We want to be that kind of place.

The race tagline for the "72nd Tokyo Derby (JpnI)" to be held on Wednesday, June 10, is "Once in a lifetime. Don't miss the dirt derby."

The Tokyo Derby, which has been held as a graded dirt race (JpnI) since two years ago and is the second leg of the "3-Year-Old Dirt Triple Crown," is a race that attracts a lot of attention from horse racing fans as the deciding race for the generation's dirt champion.

The stage for this commercial, which expresses such a major event, is the illuminations that adorn the Twinkle Race. Ryusei Yokohama gracefully passes through graphical lights like those at a music video shoot. As he walks while looking around at the surrounding illuminations as if to say, "I never knew such a brilliant place existed," Ryusei Yokohama's monologue begins.

"A once-in-a-lifetime dirt derby. A dirt derby for 3-year-olds only. Absolutely do not miss it."

It concludes with a final word to the camera: "Shine, stars of 3-year-olds."

A once-in-a-lifetime dream stage held at the sacred ground of night racing. The strong message comes across that you must not miss that moment.

Look forward to seeing Ryusei Yokohama appear somewhere at TCK and encounter its charms in future races too!

<CM Overview> Title: TCK Tokyo City Keiba 2026 Concept Movie "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T"篇 Release Date: Released from 4:00 on Thursday, May 14, 2026 "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T"篇 30s URL: https://youtu.be/_dRqEBg2WG8 "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T"篇 15s URL: https://youtu.be/cr4eZ7xuqf4

<<Making Movie>> Concept Movie Shooting "Tokyo Derby STAR☆T"篇 Making Release Date: Released from 4:00 on Thursday, May 14, 2026 URL: https://youtu.be/IbnxONXoeZ4

CM Video Overview

Pay attention to Ryusei Yokohama walking dashingly through illuminations like a music video set! The race tagline for the 72nd Tokyo Derby is "Once in a lifetime. Don't miss the dirt derby." The commercial begins with shooting stars in the night sky and the image song "TWINKLE TWINKLE TCK♩" sung by Mika Nakajima. As the camera enters a certain underground tunnel, it's a graphical place that at first glance looks like a music video set. But this is undoubtedly a racetrack. Bathed in the light of the illuminations, he walks with his eyes shining as if to say he never knew such a place existed.

Also, "TWINKLE TWINKLE DIRT STAR" continues to be used as the commercial's image song. By using the familiar melody that always plays at the Twinkle Race as a base, it becomes an original theme song that expresses the unique world of TCK.